Does reverence transcend jealousy-laced respect?
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"Reverence arises not from comparison or rivalry, but from the recognition that the enlightened reflect our own intrinsic nature, revealing what we already are."
According to Osho, reverence does transcend jealousy-laced respect: respect is ambition-driven and secretly envies what can be seized—power, wealth, status—so it carries hostility. Reverence recognizes in the other a mirror of one’s own intrinsic nature, something unstealable and only learnable. Meeting the enlightened, reverence arises because they reveal what we already are; thus no comparison, no rivalry, only gratitude and learning.
Respect often hides envy for someone’s stuff; reverence is loving the one who shows you the goodness already inside you, so there’s nothing to steal.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts you from comparison and envy to learning and gratitude.
- Helps you relate to mentors as mirrors, not competitors, reducing conflict.
- Focuses your pursuit on inner qualities that expand by sharing, not zero-sum gains.
- Helps you relate to mentors as mirrors, not competitors, reducing conflict.
- Focuses your pursuit on inner qualities that expand by sharing, not zero-sum gains.
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